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The strongest material you can have in advocating for your foster child is a well-documented daily journal.

Adoption in Child Time (ACT) is a non-profit organization that has been advocating on behalf of foster children and foster parent's rights for nearly 20 years in Indiana and throughout the United States.

A new guide for foster parents about how to journal in 2015

For the fifth edition of A Daily Journal for Foster Parents, we have renamed it What Foster Parents Need to Know. Previous editions contained empty space to write daily entries for an entire year. The new edition gives detailed instructions on HOW and WHAT to journal about but omits the space for writing entries, instead encouraging foster parents to write online or in a personal notebook. The other valuable information, most importantly the five different subsidies available to adoptive parents, has been updated and expanded.

What Foster Parents Need to Know explains how best to document the daily behavior and experiences of your foster child. Such a written record is invaluable when you attend case conferences or go to court. A well-kept diary about your foster child is the best way to:

Which government agencies provide money to support families who are considering adoption from foster care.

How to deal with children's problem behavior

How to prepare a Life Book for your foster child

"I found this book to be very helpful to foster parents, who are the a unique asset to the wellbeing of children in the foster care system. I commend psychologist James Kenny and attorney Peter Kenny for their years of productive and creative work on behalf of abused and neglected children and the foster parents who are vital to the children’s welfare."
Derelle Watson-Duvall
Attorney

For agencies and welfare departments

We can customize the foster parent journal for internal use by your agency or welfare department. Customizations include changing the cover and adding additional pages about your agency. This process is inexpensive and painless; we have done this for several agencies over the past 10 years. For more information, contact us.

Attorney Peter A. Kenny

Attorney Peter A. Kenny is ACT's Executive Director. He is an attorney practicing throughout Indiana and consulting nationally. His sole practice is issues in foster care and adoption. He is co-author of Attachment and Bonding in the Foster and Adopted Child and The Right to a Permanent Home. Visit his website.